diff --git a/Source/MQTTnet/Extensions/UserPropertyExtension.cs b/Source/MQTTnet/Extensions/UserPropertyExtension.cs
index 5bb28cf..f861c32 100644
--- a/Source/MQTTnet/Extensions/UserPropertyExtension.cs
+++ b/Source/MQTTnet/Extensions/UserPropertyExtension.cs
@@ -1,32 +1,16 @@
 using System;
-using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Linq;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Extensions
 {
     public static class UserPropertyExtension
     {
-        public static string GetUserProperty(this MqttApplicationMessage message, string propertyName, StringComparison comparisonType = StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        public static string GetUserProperty(this MqttApplicationMessage message, string propertyName, StringComparison comparisonType = StringComparison.Ordinal)
         {
             if (message == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(message));
             if (propertyName == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(propertyName));
 
             return message.UserProperties?.SingleOrDefault(up => up.Name.Equals(propertyName, comparisonType))?.Value;
         }
-
-        public static T GetUserProperty<T>(this MqttApplicationMessage message, string propertyName, StringComparison comparisonType = StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
-        {
-            var value = GetUserProperty(message, propertyName, comparisonType);
-
-            var typeDescriptor = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(T));
-            try
-            {
-                return (T) typeDescriptor.ConvertFromString(value);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Cannot convert value({value ?? "null"}) of UserProperty({propertyName}) to {typeof(T).FullName}.", ex);
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/MQTTnet.Core.Tests/MqttApplicationMessage_Tests.cs b/Tests/MQTTnet.Core.Tests/MqttApplicationMessage_Tests.cs
index 6b791dc..05d0907 100644
--- a/Tests/MQTTnet.Core.Tests/MqttApplicationMessage_Tests.cs
+++ b/Tests/MQTTnet.Core.Tests/MqttApplicationMessage_Tests.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using MQTTnet.Extensions;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Tests
 {
@@ -23,11 +22,11 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests
             };
 
             Assert.AreEqual("bar", message.GetUserProperty("foo"));
-            Assert.AreEqual(1011, message.GetUserProperty<int>("value"));
-            Assert.AreEqual("insensitive", message.GetUserProperty("case"));
+            //Assert.AreEqual(1011, message.GetUserProperty<int>("value"));
+            Assert.AreEqual(null, message.GetUserProperty("case"));
             Assert.AreEqual(null, message.GetUserProperty("nonExists"));
-            Assert.AreEqual(null, message.GetUserProperty<int?>("nonExists"));
-            Assert.ThrowsException<InvalidOperationException>(() => message.GetUserProperty<int>("nonExists"));
+            //Assert.AreEqual(null, message.GetUserProperty<int?>("nonExists"));
+            //Assert.ThrowsException<InvalidOperationException>(() => message.GetUserProperty<int>("nonExists"));
         }
     }
 }